Poachers Kill 200 Elephants During Six-Week Spree in Cameroon

By Tansa Musa YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Poachers have killed more than 200 elephants in Cameroon in just six weeks, in a “massacre” fuelled by Asian demand for ivory. A local government official said heavily armed poachers from Chad and Sudan had decimated the elephant population of Bouba Ndjida National Park in Cameroon’s far north in a dry season killing spree.

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Poachers Kill 200 Elephants During Six-Week Spree in Cameroon